Must Have Essential Oils for Summer Survival {Blends & Singles}

If your desire is to live a healthier, more natural life, then, when summer rolls around, there are certain essential oils that you must have in your repertoire to thoroughly enjoy the months of sunshine and outdoors.

Being an expert when it comes to essential oils, not only because I am a Certified Essential Oil Coach but through years and years of practical experience, I have learned to keep certain essential oils in my stash for the summer months. I want to share those oils with you and why they are beneficial to use during summertime.

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Why It’s Beneficial to Use Essential Oils During Summer

When I was younger and really didn’t understand how potent and dangerous the ingredients I put in the air an on my skin were, I just went to WalMart or Target and bought the product with the nicest smell and the prettiest package. Sometimes, I purchased a summertime product like sunscreen or bug repellant because it’s what I saw others using. I determined, that the products must be good.

Well, as effective as the storebought items I used may have been, they were terrible for my health. As I learned over the years of my healing journey, most storebought products are filled with chemicals and preservatives that actually create disease in the body and break down our cells and organs.

Getting healthier and remitting my Hashimoto’s meant I needed to trash the chemical filled products that were toxic and start using natural, as close to God-made ingredients and products as possible. Upon that realization, I started using grade 1 essential oils for all my summer toiletries.

Make a spray for sunburns by combining 1-ounce aloe vera gel, 7 ounces of filtered water and 10 drops each of Lavender, Roman Chamomile and Peppermint. Place all in an 8-ounce glass spray bottle and use when your skin needs cooled and soothed.

To reduce nervous thoughts while traveling, apply one drop in the palm of your hands and rub together. Cup your hands over your mouth and nose and breathe in deeply several times. Rub the residual on your neck and temples.

For scared or tentative animals, apply diluted lavender to their ears to calm them down.

This is such a great cooling oil. During the summer and all year round, it can help to relieve headaches when you place a diluted drop on your temples (don’t get it in your eyes and if you do, use milk to wash it out).

You can also make the sunburn spray I mentioned above for sunburn relief.

When you find yourself overheated from the summer heat, apply one drop of peppermint to a damp washcloth and rub the washcloth on your arms and legs as well as the back the neck.

Place one drop in your sweetened or unsweetened iced tea with some lemon slices.

Use in a marinade for grilled lemon pepper chicken.

*Note- citrus oils contain furanocoumarins and when applied to skin make the skin more sensitive to the sun. Do not apply citrus oils to the skin and then go out in the sun. Wait 12 hours to go in the sun after application of citrus oils.

You’ll always want to have this essential oil blend on hand when you go outdoors since bugs don’t like it.

Make your own outdoor bug-away candles by melting 8 ounces organic beeswax and adding 10 drops of Purify to it. Pour into an 8-ounce glass ball jar that you’ve placed a lead free wick in the center of and let it cool. Burn it to keep the bugs away when you’re outdoors.

Add one drop to your laundry detergent to get the musty smell out of wet bathing suits.

Add 2 drops to a cotton ball and place in the vent in your car to freshen the air.

Diffuse in a room that has dampness. It will help repel mold and fungus and get rid of any musty smell.

This is a blend of oils that help keep the bugs away too but has a different smell than Purify. It has more of a powdery smell rather than citronella smell. Since it has different oils in it, it also helps to repel different bugs.

Although I caution against applying this oil to your skin and going out into the sun, I still use this during the summer.

When you have nervousness from traveling on the airplane or in the car, apply one drop of Wild Orange to the palm of your hands and rub them together. Then cup your hands over your nose and mouth and breathe deeply to help reduce anxious thoughts. Do this as needed.

Place a drop of this oil on your phone diffuser and breathe deeply to help relax.

This is one of my absolute favorite oils for relaxation. Summertime can be busy and sometimes make it hard to unwind at night because your mind is still spinning from the day.

Diffuse 3 drops of this oil with 2 drops of Grapefruit or Wild Orange at night to settle down.

If you’re really having a hard time sleeping diffuse 3 drops of Roman Chamomile with 1 drop of Vetiver for a good nights sleep. Alternatively, you could take Serenity Restful Complex for a good night’s sleep.

With lots of potlucks and get-togethers and even travel during the summer, we are likely to come in contact with foods that our body doesn’t like and sometimes even a stomach bug. I always keep DigestZen on me in for these situations with my husband, kids or even myself. We’ve even shared this with a nauseous person on the airplane before!

For stomach upset, apply one diluted drop to the abdomen and rub in. If you’re comfortable with internal usage, you can also place one drop in your mouth and chase it with water to help settle the stomach.

The Most Important Essential Oil Accessories for the Summer

Cute Carrying Cases
Very important to have so you can bring your essential oils on your adventures. I have smaller cases for short outings and larger cases for longer outings. I also keep essential oils in my purse at all times. You can also read here for tips on traveling with your essential oils.

Spray Bottles, Rollerballs and Pumps
When DIYing your own sprays and roll ons, getting glass bottles is really important. This is a great one-stop-shop to get all of your containers for making your own summertime essential oil products.

Car Diffuser
During our adventures, our car diffuser is always with us. It helps cleanse the air and make it smell better. It also helps to open airways when they’re tight as well as put us in a good mood! Diffusing calming oils in it can even help relax nervous adventurers.

Phone Diffuser
Who would have thought you could attach a diffuser to your phone? It’s a pretty inventive idea and wonderful to bring along with you when you need a quick pick me up or mood boost or you want to induce relaxation.

Elegant Light Ultrasonic Room Diffuser
This is hands down, my favorite diffuser. It diffuses for a long time, is ultrasonic (which is very important) and it has 7 different lights to choose from or you can make all the lights rotate. It’s truly beautiful with its wood base and classy look too.

Diffuser Jewelry
Owning jewelry that allows essential oils to be close to you all day is a very practical, yet pretty idea, Plus, it’s very effective. These are some pretty options to choose from. You just put a drop of your favorite oil on the diffuser pad in the jewelry and it will be with you as long as you wear the necklace or bracelet.

Be Ready for Summer With These Essential Oil Must Haves!

As I mentioned in the beginning, switching from storebought summertime toiletries to using essential oils during the summer, really helped to improve my health and ditch the toxins I was using each year.

Now you have over 15 essential oils and oil blends to choose from to use for a variety of summertime needs with over 50 ideas.

Let me know how you plan to use essential oils this summer! I’d love to hear from you in the comments. Also, if you have any other ideas that I didn’t mention, please feel free to add them in the comments. It’s always fun to learn new ideas!

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